Baling-press



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BALING PRESS.

No. 440,791. Patented Nov. 18, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER K. DEDERICK, OF LOUDONVILLE, YORK.

BALlNG-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 440,791, dated November 18, 1890.

Application filed September 15, 1888. Renewed April 23, 1890. Serial No, 349,107. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PETER K. DEDERICK, of Loudonville, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ba1ing- Presses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

In Letters Patent No. 240,973, granted to me May 3, 1881, is shown a press in which the power end or frame is connected by a rigid timber to the pressing end, and in which the power is communicated to the traverser by means of a sliding staff guided upon said connecting-timber, and requiring brace-rods to support and maintain the respective parts in their proper relative positions.

In my present invention the brace-rods are dispensed with, and the movable power-connection and the rigid connection between the power end and the pressing end are mutually supported by passing one of them through the other, all as will be hereinafter fully explained.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top or plan view of a press illustrating my improvement, part of the press-case being broken away. Fig. 2 is a perspective view. Figs. 3 to 12 are sectional views and modifications.

Similar letters of reference in the several figures indicate the same parts.

A represents the pressing-chamber end of the machine; 13, the power end of the machine 3 O, the hollow connection between the press and power ends; D, the slide-bar or stafi within the hollow connection by means of which the traverser E is reciprocatcd. I preferably form this hollow connection 0 of wrought-iron pipe for convenience 3 but it may be made of wood or cast-iron or a flanged wrought beam or bar, as shown in Fig. 3, or flanged from wrought plate riveted together or used in two parts, as shown in Fig. 4. Any one of the parts used alone might serve as a cover or protection through which the power might be communicated if the staff or slide were also reduced, so as to adapt it to move within the concave side, or two plain bars supporting the slide at opposite sides or top and bottom, as shown in Fig. 5, would serve the same purpose.

The slide-bar or staff D within the pipe 0 may be constructed of wood or metal or either bar-iron or another pipe, as shown in Fig. 6, and either firmly secured to the traverser E or pivoted to it, as desired; but I have shown it constructed from angle or star iron, as shown in cross-section in Fig. 12, and of suitable size to freely slide within the outer pipe 0 and be secured to the traverser. This hollow connection and the internal slide may be attached to the ordinary press-case constructed of wood, if desired; but I have shown it con nected to case A, constructed Wholly out of plate steel or iron, which may be flanged at F to connect with the connecting pipe O, to which it is firmly secured either by bolts or rivets, as shown in Fig. 7; or a casting or other piece of metal maybe secured within the end of the press-case, as shown in Figs. 2, 8, and 9 at M, and the pipe 0 clamped into or otherwise secured to it, so that the case A and the connection 0 are secured together. If desired, the bolts M of this clamp-pipe connection might be loosened and the pipe be moved or telescoped through the press-case to shorten it for moving the press, as also illustrated in Fig. 8. Any suitable power device may be employed, so that it communicates a sliding or reciprocating motion. to the internal pipe or bar D.

For convenience in illustration I have shown a plain crank and pitman, as shown in Patent No. 132,566, II being the crank, I the pitman attached to the crank and pivoted to the slide-bar D, and K the horse-lever. The crank may have its bearings in a suitable iron frame L, into which the outer connection-pipe O is screwed, clamped, or otherwise secured, or the outer pipe C may be split and the parts extended to the bearings of the crank-shaft and around the same to form the bearings, and from thence be passed on and secured together at the outer side of the crank, in order to stiffen the frame thusformed, as shown in Fig. 7.

The inner slide-bar may have its bearings the entire length within the pipe 0; but to diminish friction I preferably employ short brass or Babbitt bearings at each end of the outer case or pipe 0, as at N, Fig. 12, encircling and supporting the inner slide D and relieving it of friction from contact with the outer pipe 0. Friction-rollers might be used with similar effect. This pipe-connection between the press-case and power end of a baling-press may be used to communicate the pressing power to other pressing devices, or the pipe or slide D may communicate the power to devices located at the press-case end instead of direct to the traverser. By slight modification in construction the inner bar, pipe, or slide might form the connection between the press and power ends and the outer case or pipe or other connection to the traverser reciprocating to communicate the power, as shown in Figs. 10 and 11, the former illustrating an outer slide-pipe and the latter side-slide connections supported by the inner PETER K. DEDERIGK. 4

Witnesses:

R. J. VAN SoHooNHovEN, O. R. DEDERICK. 

